
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Bill Bryson
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By:
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Bill Bryson
Using this persona as a springboard, Bryson recreates the life of his family and his native city in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality, at once completely familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy. Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, and full of his inimitable, pitch-perfect observations, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is as wondrous an audiobook as Bill Bryson has ever recorded. It will enchant anyone who has ever been young.
©2006 Bill Bryson (P)2006 Random House, inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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"This affectionate portrait wistfully recalls the bygone days of Burns and Allen and downtown department stores, but with a good-natured elbow poke to the ribs." (Booklist)
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Bryson at his best
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Very, vary funny!!!! Very very true!!!
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid to be better than the print version?
Not better- just different!What other book might you compare The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid to and why?
None- this book is hilarious!Have you listened to any of Bill Bryson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes- all are excellent- this one is the funniest.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Many moving moments- if by moving you mean over the top funny.Any additional comments?
GET THIS BOOK- it will lift your spirits- especially if you are aLaugh Out Loud
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Stories of wonder and good natured fun, vignettes used as a springboard for further discussion about that time in history. Beautiful language, offering the listener robust images of the 50s and 60s in the US.
Heartfelt childhood memoir of growing up in America
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I am a big Bryson fan, I think this is the funniest book of the ones I have read. Strongly recommend this book!
born before 1955 listen to this at your own risk
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Wonderful, hilarious, insightful walk down memory lane
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Warm and impossibly funny.
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Enjoyable but easy to put down...
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Laugh out Loud
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His dark humor about what it was like to grow up in the 1950’s through acting like a superhero wearing a cape and parading around the house is every childhood’s fantasy. It’s more than about his life. He shapes his life story on what it was like to grow up in a small town and how it eventually disappeared through time because of monopoly.
Dark Humor
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